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Weather webquest
Severe Weather Web questSevere weather can happen anytime, in any part of the country. Severe weather can include hazardous conditions produced by thunderstorms, including damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail, flooding and flash flooding, and winter storms associated with freezing rain, sleet, snow and strong winds.
Process
- Each of you will become an expert in several types of severe weather. The head meteorologist, (Mrs.Clause), will give you your weather assignments , your job is to find out what each type of weather is and how it is formed, how much damage it does and costs, safety precautions to take, and the biggest recorded storm of that nature.
- As you are doing your research, you will record the information in the Severe Weather recording booklet you were given. (All sections must be completed!!)
- Now you are ready to research! Follow the links and watch the videos to complete each section in your report form. When you are finished with each section you must have it check by one of our meteorologist (aides, or Mrs. Clause).
- Pick one of the four extreme weather conditions . Now that you have decided, you must design a poster to present to the company. The poster must include what the weather is, amount of damage and cost, safety precautions, and biggest recorded storm(s). Remember to include pictures! Do your best work because it will be graded and displayed.
Weather webquest
Safety and Preparedness Links
Red Cross Storm Weather webquest
Blizzards
Essential Questions:
What is a blizzard? Blizzard 2017
What is wind chill?
Why are cold temperatures dangerous? CBS News report fromFebruary 2011Weather webquest
Kids Resource Guide to Weather & Climate
For additional Blizzard facts follow the links below:
Watch the video links on the right.
Discussion questions:
How is the snow in this video different from the winter weather in Southern USA?
How is the video different /same from your home ?
For additional Blizzard facts follow the links below:
Hurricanes
Essential Questions:
What is a hurricane?
How is it different from other storms?Watch the videos below:
Discussion questions:
How are hurricanes different from other storms?
What elements of hurricanes make them so dangerous?
Why does the storm surge create so much damage?Blizzards
Essential Questions:
What is a blizzard? Blizzard 2017
What is wind chill?
Why are cold temperatures dangerous? CBS News report fromFebruary 2011Watch the video links on the right.
Discussion questions:
How is the snow in this video different from the winter weather in Southern USA?
How is the video different /same from your home ?
For additional Blizzard facts follow the links below:
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Hurricanes
Essential Questions:
What is a hurricane?
How is it different from other storms?Watch the videos below:
Discussion questions:
How are hurricanes different from other storms?
What elements of hurricanes make them so dangerous?
Why does the storm surge create so much damage?Hurrican #1
Hurrican #2
Hurrican#3
Hurrican#4Click here (there are five parts watch all
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Thunderstorms
Essential Questions:
What is a thunderstorm?
What is lightning?
What is hail?
Watch the videos on the right and below.
Watch the videos above.
Discussion questions:
What are the people in the 1st video doing?
Why?
What do you know about lightning?
What is a "positive "streamer?
Why should you not be outside during lightning?Click here for Thunder details!
Thunderstorm link
Lightning link #1
Struck by lightning
NatGeo lightning documentaryLightning link #2
Hail link
KidsGeo
Clouds!
Tornadoes
Essential Questions:
What is a tornado?
How is it different from other storms? 'Tornado link #1
Tornado link# 3
Tornado link # 4
PICTURES Brainteaser
